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EDITION 01 SUPPORTING THRIVING COMMUNITIES ABOUT THIS EDITION We are very pleased to share our first edition of the Anglo American Update. In this edition, you can read about the expansion of Heart of Australia’s life-saving medical specialist services to Moura, Banana, Theodore and Middlemount (p. 14), the opening of a new major road for Moura (p. 5), our support for childcare services in Moranbah (p. 8) and an incredible safety record achieved at our Capcoal Open Cut mine (p. 12). This update has been produced by Anglo American’s Metallurgical Coal business and is distributed in the towns of Middlemount, Moranbah, Moura, Banana and Theodore. If you have any comments, questions or suggestions, MESSAGE FROM please email us at [email protected] OUR CEO CONTACT US Scan this QR code on your phone to open At Anglo American, our operations span much of Central our web-form to contact us directly. Queensland’s Bowen Basin. It’s where our colleagues, families and If you do have questions or concerns about friends live and work – and it’s why being our operations, we would like to hear from part of the communities where we operate you and understand what those are. We is so important to us. have community shopfronts in Moranbah, Middlemount and Moura where you can For many, this year will be remembered by speak with a team member, and you can its extraordinary challenges. But through also contact us by phone or email anytime the difficult times, we’ve worked together (details on page 16). to deliver some meaningful and positive outcomes. We’ve also listened to feedback We look forward to engaging with you again ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF COUNTRY that community members would like to in 2021. understand more about what we do and Anglo American respects the traditions, values and Sincerely, cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander how we operate. Tyler Mitchelson people. We acknowledge the Traditional Owners Our new Anglo American Update is of all the lands where our work is carried out: designed to share more information about CEO Metallurgical Coal, Anglo American The Barada Barna People in Moranbah; the Barada our activities and some of the initiatives Barna People and the Barada Kabalbara Yetimarala that we hope will help support thriving People in Middlemount; the Gangulu People and communities, where we can all flourish. Wulli Wulli People in the Moura, Banana, Theodore region; and the Turrbal People in Brisbane. We pay respect to Elders past and present, and to emerging Cover: Jake Brown, Electrical Mines Technician at Moranbah community leaders. North Mine - see page 10 or 11 for the full story. Left: NAIDOC week artwork, created by Banana State School students. Above: Craig Merriman, Underground Deputy at Aquila Mine. 2 ANGLO AMERICAN UPDATE 3 GLENEDEN MACKAY SARINA MORANBAH NORTH GROSVENOR CLAIRVIEW DYSART MIDDLEMOUNT MARLBOROUGH CLERMONT CAPCOAL OPEN CUT GRASSTREE YEPPOON & AQUILA ROCKHAMPTON EMU PARK TROPIC OF CAPRICORN EMERALD BLACKWATER DINGO MOUNT DUARINGA MORGAN GLADSTONE WOORABINDA SPRINGAURE CALLIOPE Underground Mine THE RUBBER HITS MIRIAM VALE Open Cut Mine ROLLESTON BILOELA Major Township MOURA DAWSON ROSEDALE THE ROAD IN MOURA Township Road A new major road and lookout was opened which will be a great attraction for tourists,” MONTO BUNDABERG Rail THEODORE recently in Moura, providing an important he said. Kilometres GIN GIN connection for local residents and tourists. 25 0 25 50 HERVEY CRACOW Construction of Three Chain Road project BAY CHILDERS EIDSVOLD Three Chain Road was constructed by began in 2018, following the closure of MARYBOROUGH Anglo American, in collaboration with Gibihi Road. The route of the road was based Banana Shire Council. on feedback from the community through a series of road focus groups, led by Anglo Dawson Mine General Manager, Clarence American’s Social Performance team. Robertson, said the 12.7km long road would OUR OPERATIONS connect the Leichhardt Highway to the One of the key features Anglo American Dawson Highway. committed to at the outset of the project, Anglo American is a leading global mining Queensland’s Bowen Basin, along with was to work with locally based suppliers company and our products are the essential additional joint-venture interests and “As part of the project, we upgraded and use materials from the region including ingredients in almost every aspect of growth projects like our new Aquila Memorial Drive, a 4.3 kilometre road that gravel from the local quarry. modern life. Our portfolio of world-class mine near Middlemount (see page 14). leads to the Moura No.2 Memorial and a competitive operations, development viewing area,” Clarence said. From our operations, we produce and export WATCH THE VIDEO projects and undeveloped resources, millions of tonnes of the highest quality “From the viewing area, you can see Scan this code to see an provides many of the metals and minerals hard coking coal each year, which is used Dawson Mine, parts of Moura and overview of the road. that enable a cleaner, greener, more in steel production for critical building and geographic landmarks, like Mount Ramsay, sustainable world to meet the fast-growing, infrastructure around the world. consumer-driven demands of developed and maturing economies. We also have a significant copper exploration project underway in North West Queensland. In Australia, our metallurgical coal business includes two open cut and three THREE CHAIN ROAD IN NUMBERS underground metallurgical coal mines in 2,025m3 Total amount of concrete used 350 Opposite Left: Clarence Robertson, (Dawson Mine General Manager), with Nev Ferrier (Banana Shire Council Mayor) and Hans Hayes (Executive Head of Open Cut). 354,128 410,000 Items of plant and Opposite Right: The new viewing platform overlooking Dawson Mine at the end of Memorial Drive. Total people hours Tonnes of road base used equipment used 4 ANGLO AMERICAN UPDATE 5 MAKING A DIFFERENCE Anglo American has a long history of supporting community and sustainable development initiatives to improve health and education facilities, and foster growth through community development in our areas of operation. Last year, we invested more than $1.8 million in Central Queensland communities. SUPPORTING AEROMEDICAL RESCUE SERVICES Anglo American supports both the RACQ CQ Rescue and Capricorn Helicopter Rescue services, which provide aeromedical retrieval services to regional communities, including our areas of operation. Operating out of Mackay and Rockhampton respectively, the services provide rapid deployment of medical or rescue teams to major accidents or search and rescue operations. Together, they cover an area GROWING TOGETHER TO from Townsville in the north, down to Agnes Waters and Gladstone in the south. RESTORE MINED LAND Capricorn Helicopter Rescue Operations Manager, Kirsty Wooler, said locally based corporate partnerships, such as Anglo Anglo American has begun a mine rehabilitation partnership with Komatsu that American’s Blue Sky Corporate Partnership, will see more than 9,000 trees planted at our Dawson Mine, near Moura. were critical to ensure the services could continue to operate. The partnership, Growing Together, aims to return mined “We’re committed to the highest standards of BUSHFIRE RELIEF FOR QLD BRIGADES land to agricultural use and commenced earlier this year environmental performance, as part of our global Anglo American has partnered with the Rural Fire Brigades with a large-scale planting of more than 4,000 trees at Sustainable Mining Plan. This year, we will complete Association of Queensland to donate 40 ‘mop-up units’ to Central Dawson Mine. rehabilitation of more than 400 hectares of land at Queensland fire brigades as part of our bush relief program. our two open cut mines in Central Queensland. Around 40 students from Moura and Banana State The units were manufactured in Queensland and distributed to Schools, Traditional Owners from the Gangulu Nation “Collaboration across our industry brigades earlier this year. and employees from Anglo American and Komatsu and the communities where we Each is fitted with a speed loader, 500-litre water tank, motor and pump. worked together to plant native flora, including various operate is a powerful way to They have been donated to Rural Fire Brigades in the Isaac, Banana eucalyptus species, across a 90-hectare site at the achieve improved sustainability and Central Highlands regional council areas to help landholders and mine where mining activities have concluded. outcomes, and our Growing communities with hazard reduction burning and firefighting. Together partnership with Komatsu Our Environmental Manager, Jason Fittler, said the project is helping to support that,” he said. was a great example of sustainable mining practices. WATCH THE VIDEO Scan to watch Justin Choveaux, General Manager Rural Fire Brigades Association of Queensland. Above: Students from Moura and Banana State Schools with the rest of the tree-plant crew. Bottom right: Environment Manager, Jason Fittler, taking part in the tree planting event 6 ANGLO AMERICAN UPDATE 7 SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITIES THROUGH COVID-19 At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we acted early to provide new ways for our friends and families to gather together and maintain the community that we love. Above: Sheppard performing at Anglo American LIVE TRIVIA NIGHTS Because the much-loved Friday night family ANGLO AMERICAN LIVE entertainment at the Moura Bowls club was cancelled In April, we launched ‘Anglo American LIVE to during COVID-19, our Social Performance team started say ‘thank you’ to our colleagues, families and an online family games night. friends for their response to COVID-19. Interest in the online trivia competition quickly grew The online concert series featured an eclectic SUPPORTING EARLY from the Moura, Banana, Theodore districts to an collection of Queensland’s best artists, from Nat initiative open to everyone across Metallurgical Coal. Dunn, who writes dance music for some of the We had more than 200 families participate in the trivia world’s best – to country music stalwart, Troy EDUCATION IN MORANBAH nights, which provided welcome family entertainment Cassar-Daley and local favourites, Busby Marou.